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I'm pretty sure the landlord built the house himself. The walls are at funny angles, the tile work was poorly done, PVC for hot and cold lines indoors, etc. I think most everything in the house is original and done wrong.

It used to be a 130 mile round trip to fill up your car with cheap Glacier Bay crap, but that all changes a week from Monday. The Home Depot opens it's doors in this town that day. I can only imagine the kind of hack work I will run into then.

I'm pretty sure the landlord built the house himself. The walls are at funny angles, the tile work was poorly done, PVC for hot and cold lines indoors, etc. I think most everything in the house is original and done wrong.

It used to be a 130 mile round trip to fill up your car with cheap Glacier Bay crap, but that all changes a week from Monday. The Home Depot opens it's doors in this town that day. I can only imagine the kind of hack work I will run into then.

Oh boy, are you in for a change!

spodelee

Until lions have their own storytellers, stories of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter

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I will give HD credit for one thing. I wanted to buy about 700 Brasscraft angle stops once, so I made a list and took it to the plumbing supply houses I deal with. They all said they would get back to me with a price right away. A month came and went and I didn't here anything.

I had the list with me one day when I went to HD, so I decided to give them the list and see what happened. They got back to me in a few days, and had a very good price. So I ordered from them. If any of my suppliers had bothered getting back to me, I would have bought from them even if it did cost more.

I will give HD credit for one thing. I wanted to buy about 700 Brasscraft angle stops once, so I made a list and took it to the plumbing supply houses I deal with. They all said they would get back to me with a price right away. A month came and went and I didn't here anything.

I had the list with me one day when I went to HD, so I decided to give them the list and see what happened. They got back to me in a few days, and had a very good price. So I ordered from them. If any of my suppliers had bothered getting back to me, I would have bought from them even if it did cost more.

Yes, we tradespeople who hate Home Depot for the degeneration of our craft refer to that as the "HD Catch 22"

spodelee

Until lions have their own storytellers, stories of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter